ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) With his bruised left knee feeling considerably better, Tyrod Taylor stood comfortably at the podium requiring no reminder of the doubts and adversity he's overcome in preparing to once again reclaim the Buffalo Bills' starting job.

Whether the Bills latest quarterback shuffle was poetic or fitting, Taylor couldn't say in assessing a tumultuous season that was coming full circle.

Taylor would acknowledge enjoying a certain degree of satisfaction in knowing Buffalo's bid to continue its late-season playoff push rested on him some 10 months after he was nearly cut before agreeing to restructure his contract, and a month after being briefly benched in favor of untested rookie Nathan Peterman.